REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YOGYAKARTA — The Air Force (AU) commemorated its 78th Anniversary (Anniversary) at Airgantara Field, Air Force Academy Complex (AAU), Yogyakarta, Monday (22/4/2024) morning. The 78th Anniversary Commemoration of the AU Army raised the theme of Adaptive, Modern, Professional, Superior, and Humanist and Loving the People in Preserving National Sovereignty.

In this ceremony, the AU military fielded 1,025 personnel. From the students of the Air Force Academy to the personnel of each unit. As for the civil servants who serve in the military environment of the Air Force. Army Commander General Agus Subiyanto acts as an inspector of the ceremony for the 78th Anniversary of the AU Army

In his speech, General Agus Subiyanto advised that the role of the AU military as the national aerospace guard should be adaptive to all developments in the strategic environment. “The geopolitical conditions in the Middle East are currently heating up and in the South China Sea regional level to date there are still conflicts that cannot be completely resolved,” Agus Subiyanto said on Monday.

As it is common knowledge that geopolitical conditions in the Middle East today have heated up after Iran launched drone and missile attacks on Israel. In which Israel then responded by launching missiles in retaliation against Iran.